Artificial Intelligence is changing everything. At Colby, we are making sure it belongs to everyone.
Most institutions treat AI as a tool for computer scientists. At Colby, the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence is doing something different. We are the first cross-disciplinary AI institute at a liberal arts college, ensuring that the next generation of leaders can not only build AI but interrogate its ethics, understand its social impact, and apply it to solve real-world problems.
From using computer vision to track marine debris in our oceans to developing AI-powered tools that help students learn more effectively, Davis AI is embedding technical fluency across the entire curriculum.
Gifts to Davis AI have a real, tangible impact on the student experience, enabling:
- Equity in Access: Provides cloud-computing credits for one student project, ensuring every student has the processing power to explore advanced AI models.
- Peer-to-Peer Literacy: Funds training for a MuleChat Student Tutor to help their peers use AI tools responsibly and effectively.
- Responsible AI Dialogue: Underwrites campus-wide fora, bringing industry leaders to Colby to discuss the future of AI.
- Student Research Fellowships: Supports paid summer research positions for a student to work alongside faculty on high-impact interdisciplinary AI projects.
- Faculty Innovation: Funds grants for professors to redesign their courses to integrate AI into fields like English, environmental studies, or art.
Your gift during True Blue provides the “fuel” for this innovation. Because Davis AI is a capability-builder for the whole campus, every dollar supports the students and faculty who are defining what it means to use AI for the common good.
